Fairfield Street Bridge

At a glance

• What: The Fairfield Street Bridge, which the City took over in October 2024 with $1.3M of SCDOT funds intended for reconstruction rather than a pedestrian walkway.
• Where it stands: A City Manager memo for the November 2 work session says an SCDOT third-party inspection (notified October 9, 2026; inspection in July 2026) found additional deterioration and recommended demolition of the spans over the railroad as high priority. Staff are working with the engineering firm Davis & Floyd on a redesign and a Design Review Board application.
• Next: Design Review Board application and redesign.

Details

• Built from the City's posted agendas and the draft minutes copied into later agenda packets; the City's own posted minutes could not be opened. Private individuals are not named; private addresses are given by street name only.

Sources

• Agendas and minutes portal: https://edoc.cityofaikensc.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=2813&dbid=0&repo=City-of-Aiken-LF (Council agendas) and https://edoc.cityofaikensc.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=2804&dbid=0&repo=City-of-Aiken-LF (Council minutes)
• City website: https://www.cityofaikensc.gov/ (City Council: https://www.cityofaikensc.gov/government/city-council/)

Log

2026-11-02 - City Council Work Session

• Update presented; outcome not retrieved.